TED演讲：能让你多出10年额外寿命的游戏(3)

 　　Number one: I wish I hadn't worked so hard. 第一位：我希望我工作没有那么卖力。

　　Number two: I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 第二位：我希望我和我的朋友们一直保持联系。

　　Number three: I wish I had let myself be happier. 第三位：我希望我能让自己过得跟快乐些。

　　Number four: I wish I'd had the courage to express my true self. 第四位：我希望我曾鼓励过我做真正的自己。

　　And number five: I wish I'd lived a life true to my dreams, instead of what others expected of me. 第五位: 我希望我曾为我的梦想而活，而不是按照别人的要求苟活。

　　Now, as far as I know, no one ever told one of the hospice workers, 现在，据我所知，没有一个人告诉善终医院的工作人员，

　　"I wish I'd spent more time playing video games," 我希望我曾花多一点的时间打电子游戏，

　　but when I hear these top five regrets of the dying¹, 但当我听到这五个说得最多的临终遗憾时候，

　　I can't help but hear five deep human cravings that games actually help us fulfill². 我真的帮不上什么忙，而只能听听人类内心深处的渴望，游戏其实能帮助我们活得充实。

　　For example, I wish I hadn't worked so hard. 例如这句，我希望我工作没有那么卖力。

　　For many people, this means³, I wish I'd spent more time with my family, with my kids when they were growing up. 对许多人来说，这意味着，我希望我曾经花跟多的时间和我的家人在一起，陪伴我的孩子长大。

　　Well, we know that playing games together has tremendous⁴ family benefits⁵. 很好，我们知道一起打游戏有极好的家庭益处。

　　A recent study from Brigham Young University School of Family Life reported 伯明翰杨大学最近的研一个关于学校的家庭生活研究报告指出

　　that parents who spend more time playing video games with their kids have much stronger real-life relationships with them. 多花时间和孩子们打游戏的家长们，和孩子们在现实生活中的关系更紧密。

　　"I wish I'd stayed in touch with my friends." 我希望我和我的朋友们一直保持联系。

　　Hundreds of millions of people use social games like FarmVille or Words With Friends 是呢，成千上万的人们借助社交的游戏像Farmville或者Words，

　　to stay in daily contact with real-life friends and family. 在现实生活中和朋友们去保持每天的联系。

　　A recent study from the University of Michigan showed that these games are incredibly powerful⁶ relationship-management tools. 一个最近的Michigan大学的研究表明，这些游戏是难以置信的有力的人际交往工具。

　　They help us stay connected with people in our social network that we would otherwise grow distant from, 它们帮助我们保持和人际圈里的人一直联系。我们就渐渐疏远了，

　　if we weren't playing games together. 如果我们不一起打游戏的话。

1 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

2 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 tremendous   

adj.巨大的，极大的；很好的，非常好的

参考例句：

• This book was the outcome of a tremendous amount of scientific work.这本书是大量科学研究工作的成果。
• There is a tremendous difference between them.他们之间有着极大的差别。

5 benefits   

n.津贴费；利益( benefit的名词复数 )；（给职工的）奖金；救济金；益处

参考例句：

• economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism 旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
• The article enthused about the benefits that the new system would bring. 本文热情赞扬了新制度将带来的好处。

6 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！